NameTides

Jian

Jian was the #4,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Jian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Jian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,539 (22)#5,137 (3)—
2024#6,199 (14)#4,271 (4)#3,072 (5)
2023#5,075 (19)#3,524 (5)#2,123 (8)
2022#3,774 (29)#3,450 (5)#2,810 (5)
2021#4,247 (24)#2,493 (8)#2,260 (7)
2020#5,235 (17)#4,608 (3)#2,013 (8)
2019#4,114 (25)#3,013 (6)#2,440 (6)
2018#4,226 (24)#2,693 (7)#1,836 (9)
2017#4,594 (21)—#1,852 (9)
2016#4,327 (23)#4,810 (3)#1,578 (11)
2015#5,058 (18)—#1,956 (8)
2014#4,866 (19)#4,632 (3)#2,133 (7)
2013#4,463 (21)#3,822 (4)#1,771 (9)
2012#4,862 (19)—#1,403 (13)
2011#7,009 (11)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #3,774.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1986.
  • In 2025, 24% of US babies named Jian were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jian is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 62,000 to 1 in 190,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Jian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JianCanadaBoys—too few
JianEngland & WalesGirls—too few
JianEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
JianNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JianUSGirls#11,9327
JianUSBoys#4,53922